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This match is being staged as a "test event" by Stevenage with a maximum of 1,500 supporters and is available for all their season ticket holders.
The identity of the referee has been revealed. It is Declan Bourne from Nottingham. Whether we are able to maintain our league supremacy over Stevenage remains to be seen.
He is in his first season as a League referee and has not refereed either Southend or Stevenage previously. He works in the police force having achieved a MA in Criminology from Nottingham Trent University.
He has taken charge of 12 matches thus far in his League career and his cautions are a shade above average at 41 and just the one red card. Statistically improbable but he has had just 2 home wins in those 12 matches - perhaps a reflection of dimishing home advantage without crowds.
Assisting will be Kevin Howick from Abingdon and Scott Williams, a Londoner. The latter is also in his first season.
Conversely, Fourth Official is the very experienced League referee Kevin Johnson who has refereed Southend 13 times, most recently in the behind closed doors match at home to Exeter.
The identity of the referee has been revealed. It is Declan Bourne from Nottingham. Whether we are able to maintain our league supremacy over Stevenage remains to be seen.
He is in his first season as a League referee and has not refereed either Southend or Stevenage previously. He works in the police force having achieved a MA in Criminology from Nottingham Trent University.
He has taken charge of 12 matches thus far in his League career and his cautions are a shade above average at 41 and just the one red card. Statistically improbable but he has had just 2 home wins in those 12 matches - perhaps a reflection of dimishing home advantage without crowds.
Assisting will be Kevin Howick from Abingdon and Scott Williams, a Londoner. The latter is also in his first season.
Conversely, Fourth Official is the very experienced League referee Kevin Johnson who has refereed Southend 13 times, most recently in the behind closed doors match at home to Exeter.